Fisher Phillips Continues Momentum in Denver with Addition of Edward Hopkins

Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, announces the addition of Edward Hopkins as a Partner in the firm’s Denver office. Ed joins as part of the firm’s Data Security and Workplace Privacy Practice Group and will collaborate closely with the Employee Defection and Trade Secrets Practice Group. Most recently, Ed founded and ran his own Arizona- and Colorado-based firm, HopkinsWay PLLC, where he represented civil plaintiffs in matters involving privacy and cybersecurity with a focus on litigation.

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Adds David Strong to Tax Practice

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that David “Dave” Strong has joined the firm as a partner in the Palo Alto office. He will be a member of the firm’s tax and tax equity practice. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Strong worked in Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Denver office as a partner in its tax practice since 2011, where he served as co-chair of that firm’s tax department and federal tax practice for six years.

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Leech Tishman Welcomes Lisa Alexis Jones

Leech Tishman is pleased to announce the addition of a new attorney to the firm, Lisa Alexis Jones. Jones joins the firm as a Partner in the Employment & Labor and Litigation Practice Groups in the firm’s New York office. Jones focuses her practice on counseling individuals, institutions, and corporations on a broad spectrum of employment & labor legal matters. Most recently, Jones was a partner with Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck, P.C. in New York.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Enhances Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice With New Houston Partner

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Will Daugherty, a data protection, privacy and cybersecurity lawyer with a focus on risk mitigation, incident response and compliance, has joined as a partner in its Houston office. Previously a partner with BakerHostetler, Daugherty counsels clients on all aspects of preparing for and responding to data security incidents, adding significant depth and experience to the firm’s global data protection, privacy and cybersecurity practice.

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Latham Adds Prominent Restructuring Partner in Paris

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Alexandra Bigot has joined the Paris office as a partner in the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice. An accomplished practitioner, Bigot’s practice focuses on advising investors, shareholders, and distressed companies on a variety of complex financial restructurings and insolvency proceedings. Bigot joins the firm from Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Paris office.
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Top New York Trial Team to Join King & Spalding

King & Spalding today announced that Damien Marshall, Andrew Z. Michaelson, Leigh M. Nathanson and Laura Harris will join the firm as partners in the New York office. Marshall, Nathanson and Harris join the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice with Michaelson joining the firm’s Government Matters practice. Together, they specialize in navigating significant commercial disputes and global investigations with expertise in coordinating complex, multi-party cases and overlapping government inquiries. The four lawyers were previously partners at Boies Schiller Flexner and follow a 13-partner team which joined King & Spalding in California in April from the same firm.

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Adam Culy Joins Stephenson Harwood as Partner

Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has augmented its professional liability and regulatory practice with the addition of Adam Culy, who joins the firm as a partner in London. Culy joins from BDO, where he was the accountancy firm’s General Counsel for twelve years, and focused on accountancy claims and regulatory investigations.

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